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Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
Published in: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health 1/2014

01-02-2014 | Original Paper

Changes in the ‘Healthy Migrant Effect’ in Canada: Are Recent Immigrants Healthier than They were a Decade Ago?

Authors: Alden H. Blair, Amy Schneeberg

Published in: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health | Issue 1/2014

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Abstract

This study sought to assess whether the health of recent immigrants to Canada has changed in the past decade. Using the Canadian Community Health Survey this study examined changes in self-perceived health of 5,757 recent immigrants over a decade. Multivariable ordinal logistic regressions were conducted to calculate odds ratios (OR) and 95 % confidence intervals (CI) for the association between time and self-perceived health. Bivariable analysis showed recent immigrants more likely to report better health. After adjustment, reported health did not change over time (OR 0.97; CI 0.91–1.04). However, being female, increased age, life stress, and smoking all remained associated with higher odds of reporting worse health in both adjusted and unajdusted models. Despite global shifts in health burdens, the health of recent immigrants to Canada does not seem to have changed in the past decade. This suggests they now inhabit an ever more elite health demographic.
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Metadata
Title
Changes in the ‘Healthy Migrant Effect’ in Canada: Are Recent Immigrants Healthier than They were a Decade Ago?
Authors
Alden H. Blair
Amy Schneeberg
Publication date
01-02-2014
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health / Issue 1/2014
Print ISSN: 1557-1912
Electronic ISSN: 1557-1920
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-013-9813-9

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